The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-12-23


dead be had his father burned to
ashes. and then put the ashes into
four sacks and tied them to four eagles
necks which few away in opposite directions
And there are now domestic antipathies
which seem forever TO have scattered all
pareKal memories TO the four winds Of
heaven. How far the eagles fly with the
sacred ashes The hour Of shutdown makes to
that family impractical suggestion. Thomas
Carlyle. in his biography Of Frederick the
Great, says the old king was told by the con-
fessor he must be at peace with his enemies II
he wanted to enter heaven Then he said to
his wife. the Queen: "WrIte to your brother
after am dead that forgive him. Roof,
the confessor, said: Her ma esty had better
write MIN immediately ''No,- said the
King, after am dead; that will be safer.
So he let the sun Of his earthly existence 60
down upon his wrath.
Again We ought not TO allow the sun to set
before forgiveness takes place. because we
might not live TO see another day. And what
If we should be ushered into the presence o.
our Maker with grudge upon our soulf The
majority of people depart this life in the
night Between II O'Clock p. m and 8 o'clock
a m. there Is something in the atmosphere
which relaxes the grip which the body has on
the soul, and most people enter the next
world through the shadows of this world
Perhaps God may have arranged it IN
that way so as to make the con-
trast the more glorious. have seen
sunshiny days in this world that must have'
been almost like the radiance Of heaven. But
as most people leave the earth between sun
down and sunrise, they quit this world at its
darkest, and heaven, always bright, will DO
the brighter for that contrast. Out of black
ness into irradiation. Shall we then leap over
the rosoats bank OF s1ns3t- into tf--- laEerrfe-
hunting ground OF disease and death, carry
ing our animosities with US, Who would
want to confront his God, against whom we
have all done meaner things than anybody
has ever done against us, carrying old
grudgesl How can we expect his forgive
ness for the greater when we are
not willing TO forgive others the lest
Napoleon was encouraged TO undertake I he
crossing OF the Alps because Carlemagne
had previously crossed them And all this
rugged path OF forgiveness bears the bleeding
footsteps OF him who conquered through
suffering, and we ought 10 be willing to fol-
low. On the night Of our departure from
this life into the next, our one plea will have
to be for mercy, and it viii have to be
offered in the presence Of him who has
said: III you forgive not men their tres
passes neither will your heavenly Father for
give YOUR trespassesn What sorry plight
II we stand there hating this one, and hating
that one, and wishing this one damage and
some one else calamity, and we ourselves
needing forgiveness for ten thousand times ten
thousand obliquities OF heart and life. When
our last hour comes. we want it to find Is all
right Hardly anything affects me so much
In the uncovering OF ancient Pompeii as the
account OF the soldier who, after the city had
for many centuries been covered with the
ashes and scoria of Vesuvius, was found
in his place on guard, hand on spear
ard henlet on head. Others fled at the awful
but the explorer, LOO years
after, found the body OF that brave fellow in
right position And it Will be a grand thing
II, when our last moment comes, we are
found in right position toward the world, as
well as in right position toward God, on
guard and unaffngiited by the ashes from the
Of death. do not suppose thet
am any more OF coward than most people,
but declare to you that | would not da-e to
sleep tonight If there were any being in all
the earth with whom l would not gladly
shake hands, lest during the night hours,
NV soul dismissed 70 other realms / should,
because OF my unforgiving spirit, be denied
Irvine forgiveness
" But, says some woman, there is hor-
rid creature that has so injured me that rather
than make up with her l would die first
Well, sister, you may take your choice
Tor one or the other it will be-your COM
plete pardon of her or Gods eternal Danish
ment of you But says some man
goods, or damaged my business credit, or
started the lie about me in the newspapers,
lr by his perlidy broke up my domes
tic happiness, forgive him / cannot-for-
give MIN / viii mott Well, brother, take
Four choice You will never be at peace
With God till you are at peace with man.
Feeling as you now do, you would not get 50
nelr the harbor Of heaven as to see the light J
hip. Better leave that man with the God who
aid. Vengeance is mine, l viii repay
You nay say: 81 will make him sweat for |
that yet, viii make him squirm, | mean tc |
pursue HIM to the DEATH but you are dam
aging yourself more than you damage him |
and you IRE making heaven for your OWE |
soul an inpossibility. If he will not be
reconciled 70 you, be reconcilod to him. In /
Eve or six lnurs il will be shutdown. The |
tahlias viii sEpn bloom against the western |
XIV. SomewhenetetweeH this and that take |
shovel and bury lle old grudge at least SIX =
Get deep. Let MT the sun 60 down on your
wrath
sBu.. , you ay. II have more than can
,ear: too nun IS put upon me, and am not
% blame II am somewhat revengeiui and |
inrelenfing7 Then think Of the little child |
{ the moving Of some goods from store.
The father was putting some rolls of goods |
n the childs arm, package after package,
md some one said: That child IS being over
oaded and so much ought not to be put upon
ier,n when the child responded: Father
sn0ws how much | can CARR and God, our
Father. will not allow too much imposition
N his children In the day of eternity it |
many, not one aspersion too many, not one
outrage too many Your heavenly Father
snOWs how much you can carry.
Again, we ought not TO allow the passage !
u the sunset hour before the dismissal Of all
lur alirOnts, because we may associate the |
ublimest action OF the soul with The sublim-
st spectacle in nature. 1t is a most delight
ONE thing to have our personal experiences
lhed with certain objects. There is tree
r river bank where God first answered your
lrayer. You will never pass that place or
hink Of that place without thinking Of the |
.iorious communion There WIS some gate,
r some room, or some garden walk where
ou were afiianced with the companion
Tho has been your CHIEF joy in nre
Tou never speak Of that place but with
mile. Some Of YOU have pleasant memories
oanectei with the evening star, CT the moon
d its first quarter. or with the sunrise, be
ause you saw il just as you were arriving al
arbor after a tempestuous voyage Forever
nd forever o bearer, associate the sunset
nth your magnanm0us, out and out, un-
mited Remuneration of ali hatreds and Tor
iveness OF all foes ! admit It is the most
ifiieult OF all graces 10 practice. and at the
tart you NAV make a complete failure, but
eep on in the attempt to practice IT.
Ihakespeare wrote ten plays before be
eached Hamlet and seventeen plays
efore he reached Merchant OF Venice, and
lxenty eight plays before he reach Mac
eth And gradually you will cone from
be easier grases TO the most difficult Be
de that, ii is not a matter Of personal deter
lin1tion 50 much as the laying hold or tins
mighty arm Of Col. who will help us TO 40
nything wrought % do. Remember that
] all personal controversies the one
asst 10 blame will have TO take the
ut step at pacifcation, IL it is ever
fecfive. The contest between Eschines
nd Aristippus resOunds through history, but
.ristippus. who was least TO blame, went to
Eschines and said. ..Shall We not agree TO
o friends before we make ourselves the
,ughing stock Of the whole country And
Eschines said: Thou art far better man
IAN /. for began the quarrel, but thou hast
sen the iirst in healing the breach, and they
ere always friends afterwards So let the
ne Of you that Is least 70 blame take
Be- first step toward Cancellation The one
last in the wrong will never take it Oh,
makes one feel splendid to be able
2 Gods help 20 practice unlimited
IrgivsnesS Il improves ones body and
III il viii make you measure three or four
ore inches around the chest, and improve
Jur respiration 50 that you can take deep
and longer breath IL improves the coun-
nance by scattering the gloom, and bright
iiur the forehead and loOsaning the pinched